
Category: Top 5
SSWN Top 5: Gun Safety For Families
by JohannaT | Jan 13, 2020 | Interventions, Research That Matters, Top 5 | 0 |
The Be SMART for Kids program was developed by the organization Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America in order to educate people on measurable steps that can be taken to reduce gun violence. The program is founded on two really simple ideas: 1) people — parents, adults and gun owners — want to keep children and families safe from gun injury and death and 2) the onus of gun safety is on adults, not children. The basic premise of the program is nonconfrontational, strengths-based and steeped in empowerment.
Read MoreSSWN Top 5: Understanding and Supporting the Needs of Transgender and Gender Nonbinary Students
by Cary Klemmer | Nov 13, 2019 | Reflections on Practice, Research That Matters, Tools for Practice, Top 5 | 0 |
Adolescence is a profoundly important time in human life that can set trajectories of health and wellness throughout the lifetime (Sawyer et al., 2012), and creating safe and affirming schools is an important starting point to make a positive change for transgender and gender nonbinary people in society at large. My dissertation examines the schooling experiences of transgender and gender nonbinary students and offers evidence-based recommendations on how to create affirming schools for this youth demographic. Here are my top 5 recommendations on how to do this.
Read MoreSSWN Top 5: Mindfulness
by Richard Cleveland | Oct 25, 2019 | Interventions, Resources We Love, Top 5 | 0 |
There has never been such a wide variety of choices and applications for mindfulness and mindfulness-based interventions. Keeping these five elements in mind, school clinicians should feel excited about so many options rather than daunted. The increased diversity of applications means more potential for meetings students’ needs and increasing their overall wellness.
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